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No.46 - Steve Biko by Hilda Bernstein, 1978, South Africa
… Steve Biko was the number forty sixth person to die in security police detention in South Africa. And for the first time, the inquest revealed full and…
Nelson Mandela Regrets, Nostalgia and Dreams:
… Introduction Nelson's letters reflect the volumes that remain unsaid because of the censorship rules that prescribe and proscribe the thoughts of a prisoner…
PlaceCurries Fountain Sports Development Centre
… “Curries” a name associated to the vibrant stadium in the struggle days, particularly in the 1960’s and 1970’s, influenced the interaction of Black …
PlaceEmpangeni
… Empangeni, a town about 160 km from Durban on the R34 just off the N2, is positioned in the hilly countryside of the Uthungulu district. The area … Empangeni…
PlaceAmatikulu, a Nature Reserve in Kwa-Zulu Natal
… some 130 km North-East of Durban, near Gingindlovu. Where the first sugar factory in Zululand was established in 1908 … by Sir J.L. Hulett . Roughly an hour…
EventGeneral Barry Hertzog, former South African Prime Minister, dies
… Bachelor's degree in England, as well as degree in law at the University of Amsterdam. He became increasingly disillusioned by the treatment of Afrikaners by…
EventAbdul Samad Minty, anti apartheid activist, is born
… with an MSc in Economics and International Relations at the University College in London. While Minty was abroad he worked for the International Defence and…
EventIFP agrees to participate in 1994 elections
… The transition in South Africa from Apartheid regime to democratic dispensation was not easily achieved. The period was characterised by demands and counter…
ArchiveSPRO-CAS Occasional Publication Number 9: Law, justice and society
… Report of the Legal Commission of the Study Project on Christianity in Apartheid Society. Content includes: Statement by the Members of the Commission; The…
ArchiveHugh Lewin, 1939–2019, RIP by Jennifer Malec, 17 January 2019
… University before beginning his journalistic career at the Natal Witness in Pietermaritzburg. He also worked at Drum … magazine and Golden City Post in…
PlaceOrkney, North West Province
… Orkney is a small Town in the North West Province just outside Klerksdorp . It was … primarily for, its gold mining opportunities, and lies on the banks of…
ArchiveBiography of Nawal El Saadawi by Sierra Hussey
… energy into writing as she became a doctor. How fortunate the world is. Because of the state of Egyptian politics at the time, el-Saadawi’s writing was…
Press Statement by O. R. Tambo, December 1964
… December 23rd, Mr. Z.B. Molete, Publicity Secretary of the Pan Africanist Congress, is reported to have said that there are talks being held between the ANC…
EventCol. Muammar Gaddafi seizes power in Libya
… seized power in Libya after a coup d'etat. Gaddafi, the leader of the Free Unionist Officers movement, overthrew the monarchical rule of King Idris, who had…
Introduction
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans … indentured Indians and as 'free' or 'passenger' Indians. The former came as a result of a…
Celebrating 62 years of struggle, 10 September 2006
… On the 10th of September each year, the ANC Youth League celebrates its founding, and recently, on the same date, the ANC Youth League launched its 62nd …
Black ViewPoint - Introduction edited by B.S. Biko (1972)
… From the book: Black ViewPoint by Ndebele, Ndamse, Buthelezi, … Khoapa IT IS SIGNIFICANT that in a country peopled to the extent of 75% by blacks and whose…
EventSolomon Popoli Linda, singer and composer, dies
… On 8 October 1962, Solomon Linda, the singer and composer of Mbube, which became the pop hit as 'The Lion Sleeps Tonight', died without receiving royalties ……
Milton Obote by Angela Thompsell updated 28 February 2016
… Apollo Milton Obote (some say Milton Apollo Obote) was the 2nd and 4th President of Uganda. He first came to power … was ousted again. Obote has largely been…
Appeal for action against Apartheid - Statement issued jointly by Chief Albert Luthuli and Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr,10 December 1962
… Joint statement by Chief Albert J. Lutuli and the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 1962 In 1957, an … to South Africa to bring its policies into line…
PlaceNational Botanic Gardens, Pretoria
… The Botanical Gardens had been founded in 1946. After the University of Pretoria granted approval to the Department of Agriculture for the development of a …
EventAnglo American announces switching of main listing to London
… founded in 1917 by Sir Ernest Oppenheimer to exploit the gold fields of the East Rand, announced that it intended to transfer its main listing from the…
EventAWB leader, Eugene TerreBlanche, is convicted of attempted murder and assault
… On 23 April 1997, Eugene TerreBlanche, leader of the Afrikaner Weerstands Beweging (AWB) was convicted on two … to six years in jail. This sentence was…
EventAmerican troops withdraw from Somalia
… The civil war in Somalia during 1980-1990 resulted in an … a widespread famine in Somalia. A major problem was that the humanitarian food aid sent to Somalia…
ArchiveChimamanda Ngozi Adichie: A Reformist-Feminist by Charles Nwosu
… discriminatory barriers. Her life experiences, the context and inspiration of her writing, her works, and … in this biography. Adichie is a young writer,…
EventMass Democratic Movement (MDM) begins their Defiance Campaign
… The United Democratic Front (UDF) was a non-racial coalition group that was initially formed in protest to the Tricameral Parliament. It was one of the most…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Bloemfontein
… Also known as the Tweetoring Kerk , The Dutch Reformed congregation of Bloemfontein was … 13 November 1848, and its services were initially held in the…
Biography: Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Liberia's 'Iron Lady' by Alistair Boddy-Evans updated 08 August 2016
… Monrovia, Liberia. Ellen Johnson was born in Monrovia, the capital of Liberia, amongst the descendants of original colonists of Liberia (ex-African … from…
EventAnti-apartheid activist Sister Bernard Ncube dies
… anti-Apartheid activist Sister Bernard Ncub e died at the age of 80. She was a practicing Roman Catholic nun and was recruited into the anti-Apartheid…
PlaceFort Schanskop
… After the Jameson Raid in 1896, Pres Paul Kruger of the “Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek” decided to protect Pretoria … funds, only four were completed. Germans…